Sausage -stuffer



(No Model.)

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No. 283,852. Patented Aug. 28, 1883.

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STARS HENRY BIXLER, OF KINNIKINNIOK, OHIO.

SAUSAGE-STUFFER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,852, dated August 28, 1883.

- Application filed December 16, 1882. (No model.)

to the accompanying drawings, and to the let-7 ters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This inventionhas relation to improvements in sausage-stuffing machines; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l -is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line w ./r, Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is an end elevation of a machine constructed according to my invention. Figs. 4L' and 6 are detail views of the spout; and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the movable partitionvalve, as will be described.

c is the upper and c the lower boxes of my casing, provided with a suitable bearing, a2, for the shaft of the stuffing-butterfly. These boxes are secured together by bolts b, fastened to bottom box, o', and extended through brackets bf, secured to upperbox, a, andheld by nut b2. The box a is providedwith a concave bottom, a3, which is preferably made of cast-iron, but may be made of any other suitable metal, and the box c is also providedin its ends with mortises cd, which are made in shape of inverted V, and extend from the bearing a2 to the concave bottom c, as shown in Fig. 2.

a5 is a hole through one end of the box c, leading into one of the mortises cf, as shown infFig. 2.

c is the movable partition-valve, extending from side to side of the box, and having its ends placed in the mortises as shown. This valve is placed in the box c', with its ends arranged within the mortises ci. Its upper side is made almost as wide'as the portion of the mortises in which its ends rest, while its under side is tapered to a thin edge at the end which is adjacent to and moves over the opening c, and gradually increases in width to 'box.

its opposite end, which is of same width as the top of the valve, as shown in Fig. 5. By this construction it will be seen that the movable valve is substantially pivoted or hinged at its upper edge, While its lower edge is free to be moved from side to side over the opening a5, forming a vibrating partition, which moves and alternately brings the opening a5 into the right and left portions of the lower This valve might be made of same thickness in all its parts; but I prefer the particular shape hereinbefore described, as by such construction much better results are obtained in the stuffing of the sausages.

d is the spout, having the base-plate d arranged at one end, and the short extension or tube di, which extends within the opening a5. The top of the spout d is depressed, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, and is covered by a cappiece, d, soldered on either side 'of the d epression, and perforated with a number: of holes, as shown. The object of this construction is to provide an air-passage by means of which the air can escape from the intestine as the meat is forced therein, and obviate the picking of the links with needles or other sharp instruments, as is ordinarily done.A Thus in forcing the meat into the intestine, the air in thelatter will pass into the channel formed by the depressed spout, and escape through the holes of the perforated cap-piece di.

e c are latch-bars pivoted to the side of the casing above and one on either side of the opening a5, so that they can be turned down over the base-plate d', and their ends, when turned down, move into grooves e, formed in the base-board of the box o', as shown in FiOs.

l and 3. In securing the spout to the box orcasing the extension cl2 is inserted in the opening a5. The base-plate then rests against the side of the box, and the latch-bars are turned down over the same, as shown, locking it firmly in position, and yet so it may easily be removed to be cleansed, or for any other-purpose desired.

f designates the main shaft7 having the operating-lever f and supported in the bearing a2. g is the butterfly or presser, secured on the shaft f, and made of a width equal to the interior width of the boxes cc, and its wings g g2 are made of a proper length, so their ends will turn flush with the concave bottom a3,

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The wings of the butterfly or presser are in-V said Avalve'over clear of the stufn'g-hole a5,

and forcing the meat through the said hole into the intestine secured on the spout el to receive it. -When this is going on, meat is being placed on the other side, and when all is forced out of the side x the lever f .is re versed, bringing the wing g2 to bear against the meat in the opposite side. This operation is repeated7 stuffing alternately with the opposite wings of the butterfly or presser.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. The combination, with the casing of a sausage-stuffer, of the movable partition, having its upper end substantially pivoted belowr the butterllybearing and its opposite end movable back and forth over the stuffing-hole, and the butterfiyepresser, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

2. rlhe combination of the sausage-box easing, provided with the opening a5, and having the inverted-.V-shaped mortises a* formed in its opposite ends, the movable partition, having its ends placed in the mortises a4, and formed with its end or corner. which is adjacent to and moves back and forth over the.

hole a5 tapered to an edge, andthe butterfly or presser, having the face of its wings formed to coincide with the opposite faces of the partition, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the casing having the opening a5, of the spout, constructed withV the base-plateV el and extension d?, arranged to enter the opening a5, and the latch-bars, having one of their ends pivoted above and on opposite sides of the opening a5, and their oppo- ,site ends turned down over the plate d and extended withinthe grooves e', all arranged substantially, as specified.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses. Y v

y HENRY BIXLER. Vitnesses: Y

T. BLAoKsToNE, E. P. WRIGHT. 

